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U.S. Economy ... ... .... ........ ... . ... .. .Illllll^^ Industry Size $77 Billion $106 Billion Employment (Yearly Average) 107,000 149,000 Volume of Scrap Material Annually Processed (Metric Tons) Iron and Steel Paper Aluminum Copper 66,000,000 46,800,000 4,600,000 1,900,000 67,000,000 47,210,000 5,014,000 1,784,000 Lead Zinc 1,200,000 160,000 1,166,000 120,000 Plastic (bottles) 655,000(2009) 634,000(7014) Electronics Tires (# of tires) 3,500.000 90,000,000 $5 Million+ (estj 122,000,000 Environment by requiring significantly less energy to manufacture products from recyclables than virgin materials and by avoiding landfilling. 92% for aluminum 68% for paper 90% for copper 56% for steel 87% for plastic 34% for glass Recycling one ton of: Paper saves 3.3 cubic yards of landfill. J Steel conserves 2,500 lbs. of iron ore, 1,400 lbs. of coal, and 120 lbs. of limetsone. ] Aluminum conserves more than 4 metric tons of bauxite ore. result from safely removing potentially hazardous materials and keeping them out of landfilis: ] Mercury switches removed from older automobiles ] Lead recovered from computer monitors Sources: SRL AF&OA, international Aluminum Institute. U.S. ERA. SRL USITC. USGS. 17cv01906 Sierra Club v. EPA Global Trends . --IlliBMI Value of Scrap Commodities Exported Helping US.Trade Balances $29.6 Billion $17.5 Billion Metric Tons of Scrap Exported Including: 45.3 Million 37 Million Iron and Steel 18.7 Million 11.7 Million Raper 18.9 Million 19.6 Million Aluminum Plastic Nickel, Stainless, and Alloy Copper Lead 1.9 Million 2.0 Million 1.9 Million 1.0 Million 44,000 1.6 Million 2 Million 1.1 Million 954,000 46,000 Zinc 78,000 55,000 Rubber 172,000 83,000 Number of Countries Scrap was Exported to and Leading Destinations/Value 158 Countries 156 Countries China $8.5 Billion $6 Billion Canada South Korea $3.0 Billion $1.7 Billion $2 Billion $960 Million Mexico $1.0Billion $955 Million Turkey India Switzerland $1.5 Billion $0.8Blllion - $932 Million $914 Million $844 Million United Kingdom Germany $1.1 Billion $0.7 Billion $653 Million $612 Million Taiwan $1.4 Billion $597 Million Italy $0.7 Billion $549 Million Japan $0.6 Billion $539 Million Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. Visitusatwww.isri.org, find us on Kt and Recycling Industries, Inc,, and follow us on aL Institute of Scrap @isri ED_001523_00005697-00001